Ordinary Wonderment

Today's Joy: Contemplation.

Here are a few quotes and thoughts I've been ruminating on the last few days. May they get your neurons firing too, Reader (or perhaps lead to other ideas that get you thinking).

"It's gotta be more like

falling in love

than something to believe in.

More like

losing my heart

than giving my allegiance." ~ Jason Gray

"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."

~ Brian Tracy

Good Things: easy, elegant ideas that make life a little lovelier. ~ Martha Stewart

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? ~ Paul Sweeney

Photo: Shoe Shiner Taking A Nap, Franklin Grove, IL, 2008.